Photo taken from the middle of the airport while waiting for TAA first A300 to arrive from France.

This is a nice reminder of the old days and the great colour scheme

Notes Rolled out of Seattle on the 22nd. of May 1978 and took it's first flight on the 7th. of June 1978. it entered the Australian Register as VH-TBN on the 26th of June 1978. This Aircraft was named Caroline Chisholm. The 727 was sold to Air Vanuatu in 1990 and named Spirit of Vanuatu.. It was later sold to Aeroexe and Registered XA-SJE it was withdrawn from service in April 2006 and it's current status is unknown. Photograph taken by David Tanner.

VH-TBN was sold in Mexico as XA-SJE in September 1993.

35mm slide scanned with a Epson Perfection V700 Flatbed scanner. Rolled out of Seattle on the 22nd. of May 1978 and took its first flight on the 7th. of June 1978. it entered the Australian Register as VH-TBN on the 26th of June 1978. This Aircraft was named Caroline Chisholm. The 727 was sold to Air Vanuatu in 1990 and named Spirit of Vanuatu.. It was later sold to Aeroexe and Registered XA-SJE it was withdrawn from service in April 2006 and it's current status is unknown.

Rolled out of Seattle on the 22nd. of May 1978 and took it's first flight on the 7th. of June 1978. it entered the Australian Register as VH-TBN on the 26th of June 1978. This Aircraft was named Caroline Chisholm. The 727 was sold to Air Vanuatu in 1990 and named Spirit of Vanuatu.. It was later sold to Aeroexe and Registered XA-SJE it was withdrawn from service in April 2006 and it's current status is unknown.